Raffles is always portrayed as charismatic, the kind of man people follow blindly against all sense. It makes the stories interesting in a way that the standard pot-boiler crime stories of that era often fail to do. Hornung keeps us on edge with an unexpected turn of events, often preceded by a witty set up. "The present craze for gladiatorial athleticism I regard as one of the great evils of the age. I had forgotten Raffles was a modern first-class cricketer: that explains him. Raffles is always portrayed as charismatic, the kind of man people follow blindly against all sense. It makes the stories interesting in a way that the standard pot-boiler crime stories of that era often fail to do. Hornung keeps us on edge with an unexpected turn of events, often preceded by a witty set up. "The present craze for gladiatorial athleticism I regard as one of the great evils of the age. I had forgotten Raffles was a modern first-class cricketer: that explains him. Rather than see my son such another, do you know what I'd prefer to see him?" I neither knew nor cared: yet a wretched premonitory fascination held me breathless till I was told." I'd prefer to see him a thief!" said Nasmyth savagely. Books, Fiction~~Literary, Thief-In-The-Night~~Ernest-William-Hornung, 999999999, A Thief in the Night, E.W. Hornung, 1161419225, Kessinger Publishing Company, , , , , Kessinger Publishing Company

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: KESSINGER PUB CO, 162 Seiten, L=178mm, B=254mm, H=11mm, Gew.=503gr, [GR: 11110 - HC/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Fiction - General], Gebunden If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. In so doing I may indeed fill some small part of an infinitely greater blank, across which you may conceive me to have stretched my canvas for the first frank portrait of my friend.

If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. In so doing I may indeed fill some small part of an infinitely greater blank, across which you may conceive me to have stretched my canvas for the first frank portrait of my friend.